From analysing these three different film magazine covers I can safely say that I have identified the most common tropes to be seen within them, The most common trope is the half body or three quarter body shot of the actress on the cover. This type of shot allows the viewer to clearly identify the actress and subsequently the film that she is promoting by featuring on the cover. The majority of the covers I have analysed have a head on angle to the actress apart from the one featuring Margot Robbie in which she poses at a slightly side on angle which defies the conventions of the common film magazine. Another convention I have noticed is that the covers all follow a colour scheme that is set by what the actress is wearing, This continued colour scheme throughout the cover helps to give it a continuous flow. A final convention that I have noticed throughout these magazines is the fact that their actor's head covers some area of the magazine's masthead. This is a concious decision by the editors as they are aware of the popularity of their magazine and therefore they do not need to compromise the size of their main image as it is assumed that their magazine is popular and well known enough that not all of the title needs to be legible.
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